Can You Partition External Hard Drive

[Tim879]

Hi

Is it possible to partition an USB External HD to have both a FAT32
and NTFS partition? My TV only recognized FAT32 and I want to play
MP3's / show pics on the TV but use the more stable NTFS file system
to store my other files.

Will Windows XP recognize both drives? If its of any help I use the
USB interface.

Thanks

 

[Bill in Co.]

I don't see why not. And I don't even think you'll need a third party tool
to do it, unless you want the FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB.

 

[philo]

I don't see why not. And I don't even think you'll need a third party tool
to do it, unless you want the FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB.

That's correct.
To create a fat32 partition larger than 32 gigs
a thrid party utility would be required.
Windows puts an artificial limit on the size


Also note: Fat32 has a file size limit of 4 gigs